Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,522
2	Betty	652
3	Helen	645
4	Virginia	583
5	Margaret	510
6	Ruth	473
7	Dorothy	469
8	Mildred	360
9	Anna	326
10	Elizabeth	311
11	Ruby	305
12	Evelyn	264
13	Frances	262
14	Thelma	216
15	Martha	210
16	Juanita	199
17	Pauline	198
18	Hazel	190
19	Edith	189
20	Gladys	176
21	Irene	171
22	Doris	166
23	Alice	163
24	Ethel	154
24	Lillian	154
26	Kathleen	152
27	Louise	144
28	Nellie	141
29	Wanda	140
30	Edna	139
31	Marie	137
31	Maxine	137
33	Marjorie	135
34	Lucille	134
35	Opal	133
36	Violet	132
37	Jean	120
38	Elsie	114
39	Catherine	113
40	Geraldine	111
40	Mabel	111
42	Josephine	109
43	Emma	107
43	Myrtle	107
45	Rose	105
46	Clara	104
46	Eva	104
48	Norma	103
49	Eleanor	98
50	Grace	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,081
2	William	1,002
3	John	873
4	Robert	856
5	Charles	779
6	George	435
7	Paul	323
8	Harold	299
9	Thomas	266
10	Joseph	262
11	Edward	233
12	Frank	215
13	Carl	214
14	Harry	209
15	Ralph	207
16	Donald	205
17	Richard	198
18	Jack	196
19	Walter	180
20	Raymond	173
20	Roy	173
22	Howard	169
23	Eugene	164
24	Kenneth	153
25	Earl	135
26	Clarence	134
27	David	124
27	Henry	124
29	Fred	118
30	Junior	115
31	Ernest	114
32	Albert	111
33	Arthur	109
33	Ray	109
35	Clyde	107
36	Lawrence	102
37	Joe	98
38	Russell	97
39	Cecil	89
40	Herbert	88
41	Samuel	86
42	Billy	80
43	Homer	78
44	Bernard	72
44	Leonard	72
46	Warren	71
47	Herman	70
48	Elmer	68
49	Virgil	65
50	Chester	63